I entered the darkened woods early and proceeded to hike the half hour walk. I was planning to be set up across a hollow where I hoped the turkeys would be roosting remembering the birds I saw along the road yesterday. I knew they had to be close.
At the conclusion of my second series of soft “tree talk”, I heard a cluck exactly where I suspected they might be located. The second series brought more talk and for the next 40 minutes we carried on quite a conversation. The only question for me was would the entire flock cross the hollow and walk to me?
I heard several fly down and I soon came to the realization that they were heading upslope towards the posted property. I walked the line and saw the flock only to watch them run deeper into the posted property.
I saw a number of deer, several grouse and some squirrels. I saw two buck. One sported a nice size rack. He walked about twenty yards from me and I could not say if he had the amount of points to be considered legal in Pennsylvania.
I quit about 11:15 with my Gore-Tex boots allowing the water to penetrate my feet. I stopped by my mom’s place to see what was going on. I am not sure about hunting tomorrow. Weather will play a part, but another committment is pulling me away by 10:30.
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